wasteful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
a clumsy and wasteful process
Related & opposite
- waste derivation
- inefficient similar to
Sense 2 adjective
tending to squander and waste
Related & opposite
- improvident also see
- thrifty antonym
- wastefulness derivation
- prodigal similar to
- pound-foolish similar to
- uneconomic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
laying waste
when wasteful war shall statues overturn
Related & opposite
- waste derivation
- destructive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inefficient |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | improvident |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | thrifty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wastefulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | prodigal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pound-foolish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uneconomic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | destructive |